Dominique Vlasto
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Dominique Vlasto is a French politician
Politics of France
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 and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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 for the south-east of France
France
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. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

, which is part of the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

, and sits on the European Parliament
European Parliament
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's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, and a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
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.

Career

  • Management assistant in a small clothing company (1965–1967)
  • Worked at SOFRES (French opinion poll organisation) (1975–1979)
  • Member of the France Congrès office (since 1995)
  • Chairwoman of the Marseilles Tourist Office and administrator at the Marseilles International Fair
    Fair
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     limited company
  • Member of Marseilles City Council
    City council
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     (1983–1989) and district councillor in Marseilles (1989–1995)
  • Deputy Mayor
    Mayor
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     of Marseilles with responsibility for building permits and land rights
    Land rights
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     (1995–1998)
  • responsibility for tourism, conferences and festivals (since 1999)
  • Member of the Committee of the Regions
    Committee of the Regions
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     (1998–1999)
  • Member of the European Parliament
    European Parliament
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     (since 2000)
  • The Mayor of Marseilles' representative on the World Water Council
  • Chairwoman of the regional association for women and families' activities and information (association under the auspices of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council (1986–1998)
  • Member of the administrative council of the Youth and Leisure Social Centre (Marseilles) (since 1997)

External links

  • European Parliament biography
  • Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF
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     file)
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